{"id":160,"date":"2016-04-11T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2017-09-14T17:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T21:05:06","slug":"antenatal-testing-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/antenatal-testing-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Antenatal Testing Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Our Antenatal Testing Unit Services Include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Amniocentesis<\/li>\n<li>Antepartum testing (non-stress testing, biophysical profiles)<\/li>\n<li>Chorionic villus sampling<\/li>\n<li>Fetal echocardiography<\/li>\n<li>First and second trimester screening for fetal abnormalities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/genetic-services\/prenatal\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Genetic counseling<\/strong><\/a>. Reasons for genetic counseling may include:\n<ul>\n<li>Abnormal maternal serum screening<\/li>\n<li>Advanced maternal age (&gt;35y)<\/li>\n<li>Consanguinity (couple is related by blood)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.org\/diagnostic-genetics\/ethnic-based.htm\">Ethnic-based carrier screening<\/a> (i.e. sickle cell and cystic fibrosis carriers)<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to medications, drugs, alcohol, radiation or infections (teratogens)<\/li>\n<li>Personal or family history of a birth defect, genetic disorder, or intellectually disabled<\/li>\n<li>Recurrent pregnancy loss or infertility<\/li>\n<li>Ultrasound anomalies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Non-invasive prenatal testing via cell-free DNA (NIPT)<\/li>\n<li>Paternity testing<\/li>\n<li>Ultrasound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Antenatal Testing Unit Services Include: Amniocentesis Antepartum testing (non-stress testing, biophysical profiles) Chorionic villus sampling Fetal echocardiography First and second trimester screening for fetal abnormalities Genetic counseling. Reasons for genetic counseling may include: Abnormal maternal serum screening Advanced maternal age (&gt;35y) Consanguinity (couple is related by blood) Ethnic-based carrier screening (i.e. sickle cell and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8891,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/987"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}